By Ray Hamill — One way or the other, it should be a fascinating week on the local baseball and softball fields. At the very least, it will be telling. On Wednesday […]
Four conference leads on the line on wild day of local action
Prep Baseball — Excitement building early in the Little 4
This year’s Little 4 could be a lot of fun. It certainly appears wide open and loaded with quality pitching. On Saturday, St. Bernard’s and South Fork split a doubleheader at Miranda, […]
Prep Softball — Panthers, Warriors win big in league play
The Del Norte Warriors will be glad to see the back of McKenzie Gonsalves. On Saturday, the McKinleyville senior pitcher led her team to a pair of victories in Crescent City, giving […]
Busy, busy day on tap for local baseball, softball
By Ray Hamill — There’s no shortage of choices for local baseball and softball fans on Saturday, with a total of 22 games on tap featuring local high school varsity and college […]
Tigers shut out Ferndale, go to 10-0
The Arcata boys tennis team made it 10 straight wins to start the season with another shutout win on Tuesday, defeating Ferndale 7-0 at Arcata. Yasko Massias continued to impress at No. […]
POWER RANKINGS — Who’s No. 1 and why
By Ray Hamill — Two local baseball teams have been setting the standard through the early season, and as we head into the Big 5 schedule, there’s little to separate them in […]
Prep Roundup — Cats fall to Colusa; Eureka girls split at Shasta
Rounding out some of the weekend action in prep baseball and softball, the Eureka girls split a doubleheader at Shasta on Saturday, while Ferndale baseball closed out the American Christian Academy tournament […]
Prep Baseball — Good day for Arcata, SB in Redding
The Arcata Tigers and St. Bernard’s Crusaders each kept their impressive start to the season going with a pair of victories at the 32-team American Christian Academy tournament on Thursday. The Tigers […]
One local school leads the way in early rankings
By Ray Hamill — The early-season MaxPreps baseball and softball rankings are in, with two Humboldt-Del Norte League teams in the top 100 in California. Leading the way among the local contingent […]
A year worth celebrating for local basketball
By Ray Hamill — If you want to put the 2018/19 local high school basketball season into perspective, think about it this way — this year we had the most successful Big […]
Ferndale Mustangs enjoy a season for the ages
By Ray Hamill — It’s been a good year for Ferndale youth sports. In the fall, Ferndale’s AAA team won a Six Rivers Youth Football championship, and the area followed that up […]
Hard working Ruiz wins thrilling pitchers’ duel in L4 opener
If opening night in the Little 4 was anything to go by, it could be a very enjoyable spring for the league. In a game that was brought forward a few weeks […]
H-DNL all-league basketball selections announced
By Ray Hamill — The 2018/19 H-DNL all-league selections in basketball were released on Saturday, honoring the best local players from this season. No surprises among the MVPs, with Del Norte’s Kaleya […]
Prep Roundup — Pitching, defense lead Crusaders past Middletown
The St. Bernard’s Crusaders got the season off to an impressive start on Friday night, with some solid pitching and solid defense highlighting a 2-0 win over Middletown at Bomber Field in […]
Weather forces changes, but plenty of games on tap
By Ray Hamill — Baseball fans are well used to late scheduling changes here on the North Coast, and that’s the case once again this weekend. With rain forecast on Saturday afternoon, […]
Wildcats appear ready to contend in deep Little 4
By Ray Hamill — Believe it or not, the Ferndale Wildcats are scheduled to open league play in baseball next Tuesday, which is a few weeks earlier than usual, but they should […]
Baseball season begins for some H-DNL teams
By Ray Hamill — The local prep baseball season is officially under way. Over the weekend, several teams were in action, some playing their season openers, and some getting in some valuable […]
Redwoods sophomores closing out strong
By Ray Hamill — Despite a troublesome season on the men’s and women’s basketball courts, the College of the Redwoods sophomores are closing out with a bang. All four of them were […]
Stakes a little higher as NCS play begins
By Ray Hamill — Get ready for a wild night of NCS basketball on the local courts on Wednesday, with no less than 12 H-DNL teams in action, including nine of […]
Plenty of home games on tap in NCS this week
(UPDATED Feb. 12, with no home game for McKinleyville girls) By Ray Hamill — Fasten your seat belts, it’s going to be an action-packed and extremely busy week on the local basketball […]
